Senior Land Executives and developers charged for alleged corruption over small house projects
2002-5-6
Nine persons, including two Senior Land Executives of the Lands Department, earlier arrested by the ICAC for alleged corruption in relation to small house development projects in Yuen Long, were charged today (Monday) with a total of 11 bribery offences.
The defendants, currently on ICAC bail, will appear in the Eastern and Tuen Mun Magistracies respectively in three separate cases at 9:30 am tomorrow (Tuesday) .
In the first case, Senior Land Executive Wong Wing-kin, 48, and small house developer Tang Kwong-ming, 43, will appear at Eastern Magistracy on three counts of bribery offences.
Tang faces two charges of offering $70,000 in total to Chu Kuen-wai, then a Land Inspector I, for Chu to conduct checks at the Yuen Long District Lands Office to ascertain the progress of applications for various small house development at Kam Tin Shi and Sei Pai Shek, and expediting the issue of No Objection to Occupy Letter.
Tang and Wong Wing-kin jointly face one count of conspiring with Chu for Wong and Chu to accept $100,000 for expediting the issuing of No Objection to Occupy Letter and other authorization documents regarding small house development at Ha Tsuen Shi.
In a separate case, another Senior Land Executive Lit Ying-cheung, 48, small house developers Cheung Tsun-fat, 45 and Yeung Woon-cheung, 48, and contractors Wong Chi-hoi and Kan Chung-wah, both 37, will also appear at Eastern Magistracy to face six briber y offences.
Two of the charges alleged Cheung and Lit of conspiring with Chu for Lit and Chu to accept $150,000 in total for assistance in relation to the construction of small houses at Pat Heung.
Yeung, Lit and Wong Chi-hoi were also said to have conspired with Chu for the two officers to accept $100,000 for a similar reason.
Cheung was further charged with one count of offering bribes to Chu for conducting checks on small house applications at the Yuen Long District Lands Office and the possibility of building small houses on certain land without obtaining approval.
Wong Chi-hoi and Kan were jointly charged with offering bribes to Chu for information regarding the progress for the issuance of Certificates of Exemption, Certificates of Compliance and No Objection to Occupy Letters, also in relation to small house cons tructions.
Kan alone faces one count of offering $10,000 to Chu for assistance in respect of the development at Shek Wu Tong.
In a third case, two other small house developers Wong Chun-sing, 40, and Wong Siu-keung, 68, each faces one bribery charge at Tuen Mun Magistracy. They were said to have offered $10,000 in total to Chu regarding the progress of applications for small ho use development.
The alleged offences took place between June 1995 and September 2001.
Chu earlier admitted accepting bribes from small house developers, and will appear in District Court on August 26, 2002 for sentence.
The defendants, currently on ICAC bail, will appear in the Eastern and Tuen Mun Magistracies respectively in three separate cases at 9:30 am tomorrow (Tuesday) .
In the first case, Senior Land Executive Wong Wing-kin, 48, and small house developer Tang Kwong-ming, 43, will appear at Eastern Magistracy on three counts of bribery offences.
Tang faces two charges of offering $70,000 in total to Chu Kuen-wai, then a Land Inspector I, for Chu to conduct checks at the Yuen Long District Lands Office to ascertain the progress of applications for various small house development at Kam Tin Shi and Sei Pai Shek, and expediting the issue of No Objection to Occupy Letter.
Tang and Wong Wing-kin jointly face one count of conspiring with Chu for Wong and Chu to accept $100,000 for expediting the issuing of No Objection to Occupy Letter and other authorization documents regarding small house development at Ha Tsuen Shi.
In a separate case, another Senior Land Executive Lit Ying-cheung, 48, small house developers Cheung Tsun-fat, 45 and Yeung Woon-cheung, 48, and contractors Wong Chi-hoi and Kan Chung-wah, both 37, will also appear at Eastern Magistracy to face six briber y offences.
Two of the charges alleged Cheung and Lit of conspiring with Chu for Lit and Chu to accept $150,000 in total for assistance in relation to the construction of small houses at Pat Heung.
Yeung, Lit and Wong Chi-hoi were also said to have conspired with Chu for the two officers to accept $100,000 for a similar reason.
Cheung was further charged with one count of offering bribes to Chu for conducting checks on small house applications at the Yuen Long District Lands Office and the possibility of building small houses on certain land without obtaining approval.
Wong Chi-hoi and Kan were jointly charged with offering bribes to Chu for information regarding the progress for the issuance of Certificates of Exemption, Certificates of Compliance and No Objection to Occupy Letters, also in relation to small house cons tructions.
Kan alone faces one count of offering $10,000 to Chu for assistance in respect of the development at Shek Wu Tong.
In a third case, two other small house developers Wong Chun-sing, 40, and Wong Siu-keung, 68, each faces one bribery charge at Tuen Mun Magistracy. They were said to have offered $10,000 in total to Chu regarding the progress of applications for small ho use development.
The alleged offences took place between June 1995 and September 2001.
Chu earlier admitted accepting bribes from small house developers, and will appear in District Court on August 26, 2002 for sentence.